To confirm this, a gentleman says he passed her cell five or six days after the great fall of snow, in the beginning of March ; that she had no fire then, and had not been out of her cave since the snow had fallen. How she subsists during the severe season is yet a mystery. She says, she eats but little flesh of any kind ; in the summer she lives on berries, nuts and roots. We conversed with her for some time, found her to be of a sound mind, a religious turn of thought and entirely happy in her situation. Of this she has given repeated proofs, by refusing to quit this dreary abode. She keeps a Bible with her, and says she takes much satisfaction and spends much time in reading it."

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

Soon after her settlement, the hermitess purchased the cave and three acres of land adjoining. Here she resided until the winter of 181 o, when she was accidentally killed by falling into a pit.""

The southern view from the cave affords a splendid prospect of fortyfive miles in extent, terminated by Long Island.

From Lake Wacabuck issues the Peppeneghek, or Cross River (one of the numerous tributaries of the Croton) upon which is situated the small settlement of Cross River, so-called after the family of that name who were among the early settlers of Bedford. They came originally from Fairfield ; for on the 25th of October, 1655, occurs an order of the Probate Court of that place concerning the estate of William Cross, deceased.6 In 1680 John Cross was one of the proprietors of the " Hop Grounds," Bedford. This place contains a post office, two churches, several manufactories, and twenty dwellings. On the outskirts of the village is located the old residence of the Reynolds' family.